The Historic District

Other than the aesthetics, I believe a properly mortised hinge tends to be much stronger and stay in position, judging by past doors that I have removed screws from hinges and the door stays in place. Also could be more secure. Non-mortised hinges are only hanging from the screws. This - the wood s...

Other than the aesthetics, I believe a properly mortised hinge tends to be much stronger and stay in position, judging by past doors that I have removed screws from hinges and the door stays in place. Also could be more secure. Non-mortised hinges are only hanging from the screws. I think "muc...

Some time ago, I was putting a door (in a rental apt.) where many had once been and none had recently been. Looking at the frame jambs I could see both left-hand and right-hand doors had been hung; both swinging into and out of the room. Not only that but, apparently, some of these doors were hung w...

My wife went on a spending spree to outfit a rec room bathroom we're retro-vating with place holders. One of these placeholders is a newly manufactured 3-drawer base cabinet. After I unloaded it and took it into the house I noted something looked "off" about it. The most obvious strangenes...

...But I'm curious why there might be such a large gap between the flooring and the door threshold and door molding. I believe this door would have been original. I can't imagine any adjustments were made (undercutting) when the carpet was added. It is a brick house, not sure if that might have any...

The point is, upgrading from one "placeholder" to a better one often works until one finds the ideal solution. I had considered that, but was wondering if it was worth the time and effort since I would have to add new framing to make the smaller doors fit since they're several inches smal...

I was under the impression "District Common" was intended to be the place one *doesn't* focus on topics that fit into one of the other "parts of town" in the Historic District. Isn't this the place where one can just chit-chat about football, Halloween, music, and etc.? I think t...

Actually, I didn't know it was a new item. I just saw the leaves surrounding the face and couldn't remember if "greenman" was the correct term. The greenman is not supposed to be scary but, rather, like the "Ent" J.R.R. Tolkien wrote about in Lord of the Rings. So I searched &quo...

And the answer is: traditional storm windows are painted on all sides (if one cares about water wicking and causing the exterior, painted side to peel or accelerated rotting of the wood along the unpainted side...especially along the joints of the stile and rail). The confusion about unpainted sides...

awomanwithahammer wrote:

This is on my local Facebook Marketplace feed. Any takers?

This is the "Greenman" door knocker. Avail. at Lowe's, or any number of home stores, for about $73.00.

Greenman Door Knocker at Lowe's